Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-02-24

Smith In Bourbon county, Kentucky.
The most popular man In Berlin, Germany,
Is one who jumps from one horse to another as
they SO at fun speed In opposite directions In
one Of the royal circus rings
The number of weekly aud daily newspapers
in the United States amounts In round mum
bers to lasoo, exclusive of a vast number OF
monthly and quarterly periodicals.
pray pardon me, madami" exclaimed
man who had inadvertently sworn In the
presence OF 4 lady, "Don't mention Y, sir,n
she replied sweetly, 81 am married."
Smelting-works to cost $4,000 are TO be
erected at Tacoma Washington territory.
They win DO the only institution II the kind
upon the Pacific coast outside Of San Fran
cisco
A Buffalo minister had disagreement with
one OF HIS parishioncrs when the latter made
| a hostile demonstration. The pastor quieted
him by tho remark .oh, you mustn't do
| that, You know. ! am an excellent boxer"
A negro company is the latest novelty In the
| land speculation line at Birmingham, IL is
| called the North Alabama Colorcd Land COM
| pany and Is capitalized at $4,000. Nearly all
| the prominent colored people IN town are In
| tercsted In II.
,'Don't YOU consider II rather remarkable
| that Rev. Mr. Snagg breaches now with as
much frequency as he did forty years agoW
'oh, don't know, Don't think mans fire.
| quency Is as apt to wear out as some other
| parts OF his organism"
An official report OF the railroad accidents
| IN England during the first six months OF the
year 1880 shows that 40 persons were killed
and 1886 wounded. or the killed 2O2 were
employees, and OF the wounded 05S we're also
connected with the lines,
Pretty Miss Conklpg daughter Of Rev Dr.
| ConlSling, who Ia said 10 have received 5000,
| 900 and brown stone front from the late Mrs
| Mary Morgan, OF New York. has recently been
| granted q divorce from her husband DR. Mol
| Ter, TO whom she was married not long ago
| Moler has asked for q new trial.
Owen Murphy, New York's excise commits.
| sloncr, who stole 800 00J from the city aud
! fled In 1877, Ia anxious to return to the me
| tropolis and Is willing 10 nix things" so that
| II will be all right Since 1877 he has travelled
| over the greater part OF the world. lie Is now
| In Brazil, tired out and penltcnt
A doting aunt had her little niece over at
| neighbours, and, desiring TO show them how
| smart the little 2-year.old was, asked her
"what they had over ut her mamma's' ex'
| Meeting she would tell them OF their new
| acquisition, a pretty white kitten. The little
| innocent spoke up promptly, milwaukee,
| lager bcern
The other day blue.eyed youngster was sit
| ting Mt the table over his MONDAY bread aud
| milk. A fly, benumbcd by the recent aold
| wave, was dragging It's wasted limbs across
atueo t,l.lh I'm nm
100 poor little ny; did 90 want to do an see
| Dod' Well 'cn--hcre plump little thumb re-
duced the fly to pulp--'doW
The barber being a Unitarian engages IN
| theological dispute with Col Yerger, who Is
| an EpIscopalian, The barber losing his temp
| or oxclaims. "Who are you that you know 80
| much about rclIgonW 'sWho nm I'n cxclaims
| Ycrgcr. "who am II" III tell you who am
| am humble praying, Christian, you blank
| infdcl son OF gun That's who am"
A strange boycottlng case Is reported from
| Galveston, Tex. female composltor who be-
| lonped 10 a typographical union married
| non.union composltor short time ago. aud
| then tried TO influence him TO Join tho order
lie declined, the union voted boycott aud
his wife, in order 10 emphasize her wish that
he should Yield, has begun proceedings Tor
divorce.
A new reyolvolver has been patented which
IA expected TO be less liable TO be accidentally
discharged than any Of Its predecessors. It's
main feature Is q concealed hammer, inclosed
In the lock frame, which can not be nninten'
tlonaly manipulated, AID the trigger Is 80
arranged that II can not be pulled unless
snfety.leycr IN the rear Of the lock frame Is
first pressed.
A company Of friends recently called at the
house of n citizen Of Mddletown, Conn, 70
spend the evening. They were asked to lay
their coats, cloalss and shawls on bed where
a baby was sleeping, The little one was un-
usually good that evening. and neither stirred
nor cried. When the guests had gone II was
found TO be dead II had been smothered ny
the garments piled upon II.
Among those who attended mindfcading
exhibition In Boston the other evening was a
man who evidently thought mind reading was
the work OF the devil So he bad come pre-
pared to Illustrate the arch-aend, Ind, until he
was nut out OF the hall, flourIshed cruchx
and chantcd the "Gloria." When he finally
went out the light Of victory was IN his eyes,
and he shouted IN hoe signo ginccs.n
A prize OF 5000 Is offered by the Belgian
government TO the author Of the best work ON
the progress OF electricity In It's uses as mo-
tor and for lighting purposes, with all applica-
tlons that can be made Of II for such purposes,
and the economy and advantages which us
use may offer. The prize, which WIZ be award
cd In 1880 Is open to nil natlonalities, ana the
manuscript may be written in English, French,
Flemish, German, Italian, or Spanish.
An undertaken at Bridgeport, Conn, who
was sent for the other day was met ut the
door by young woman, who, holding up both
hands. exclaimed In a Warning whisper:
.sHushl Go away! She amt dead yetp' The
invalid had been supposed TO be dying. and
40 the undertaken had been summoned, but
she was slow about II. hence his reception
She died, however, before he got back TO his
Office. and he again returned, and this time
finished his job.
A New England clergyman OF ability has
been In other work several years, and his son
OF five summers has rarely seen him In the
pulpit. Recently the little fellow heard MS
father preach away from home In vacation,
and took early occasion to inquire: "Aunty,
IA papa a preacherfr 'sYes, DEAR "But IL
he a real preachers' Certainly Teddy" "But
say, aunty, he amt much OF preachers, ~
hep, The clergyman win not soon hear the
last OF this criticism.
A merchant at Thomasvile, Ga, has been
in the habit Of keeping live fowls lying ON the
walk In front Of his store with their legs tied
together. One day last week large turkey
thus confined huttered into the air and flew
straight across the street and through one OF
the big pate-glass windows Of the Mitchell
house. A few days after that a turkey hen
under the same circumstances went through
the other window. 1t has cost the merchant
$l75 TO pay the damage done by these two
birds, and it Is said that hereafter he intends
10 tie them up in bag and and keep them in
the back yard.
In certain city In Connecticut there lived
a very small boy with liberal share Of small
''original sinsn 1t Is charged that one day he
was playing In front Of the house and over
heard some street galnin using slang express
sions profuscly. Mamma, mamma, what's q
gone suckerl" Now mamma did not In the
least know, but as her son had been disobey-
ing her that morning, she took the advantage
of the opportunity to point good moral. "A